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Human Rights Nordic countries top gender equality list; US is 27th
Nordic countries again topped this year's scorecard measuring equality between women and men in 130 countries. The gap between men and women was widest in Yemen, with Chad, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Benin, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, Ethiopia and Bahrain near the bottom of the list.
The United States moved up four places to 27 this year, closing just over 71 percent of the gender gap.
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